Can top and cover.



S. A. YEUVIGREN.

CAN TOP AND COVER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 4, 1915.

1,203,446. Patented Oct-31,1916.

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CAN TOP AND COVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1916.

Application filed April 4, 1916. Serial No. 88,825.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SWAN A. YELMGREN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Galesburg, in the county of Knox and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Can Top and Cover, of which the following is a specification. Y

My invention has relation to vessels such as kerosene and gasolcne cans, varnish cans, etc., and the principal object of the invention is to provide a novel top (or neck) and cover therefor, adapted to effectively retain any liquids contained in the can, and the invention consists, substantially, in the improvements hereinafter described.

By way of example a can in which my improvements are embodied is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a vertical, central section; Fig. 2, a top plan of the lid and hinge; Fig.

'3, a side elevation; Fig. 4, a section of the beaded rim and the spring ring; and Fig. 5, a transverse section of the gasket-holder.

Considering the drawings in detail and referring to each elementby a distinguishing numeral, uniformly employed, 2 designates an ordinary can-body having a spout 3. To the flange 4 is soldered a neck 9. Seated on said flange is a gasket-retainer 5 bent at its midlength to form a seat 6 for a gasket 7, the upper portion 8 of the retainer beingbent upward and standing, prior to the placement and securement of the gasket, in veatical position. The upper portion of the neck is bent to form an annular eye 10 in which is retained a spring ring 11 the ends of which are spaced slightly apart, as shown at'12 in Fig. 4. This construction provides a resilient or spring bead.

13 designates a hinge member the 11 per end of which is bifurcated'and bent to iorm registering eyes 14 which receive a pintle 15 that passes also through the eye 16 of a lid or cover 17 consisting of a conical depressed portion 18, a flange 19 and a spring lip 20. 1 v

The retainer 5 and the neck 9 form a pocket (of which the seat 6 is the bottom) in which the lower portion of the gasket is held. After the gasket has been placed there n the ortion 8 of the retainerfi is flare to stri e into the gasket and preventabsolutely its displacement. When the lidis pressed into closed position its conical portion 18 will pass into extremely close ongagement with the slightly yielding bead- 10 and the lower edge of said portion will compress the upper edge of the gasket as shown at 21, Fig. 1. The lip 20 will spring outward to permit it to pass over the head 10, and, having passed it, the lip will spring I back into the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, wherein its tendency is to draw the top 17 f' mly down.

E ther the spring seal or the gasket seal would alone be productive of good results, but the combined action of bothprovides an air and liquid-tight seal of extreme efiicienoy.

Having thus described my invention Iv claim as new:

A can body, a neck fixed thereon, a gasketholder bent at its midlength to form a seat, said holder secured to said neck and together therewith providing a pocket, said SWAN A. YELMGREN. 

